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The Melrose Place news we've been hankerin' for finally came down officially today. Heather Locklear will reprise her MP role as the scheming, hottie Amanda Woodward on the new show. She'll join the newbies in her debut appearance on Tuesday, November 17.

Familiar faces on the Melrose Place Set
So far original cast members like Thomas Calabro, Laura Leighton, Josie Bissett and Daphne Zuniga have all announced their return. But according to Us Weekly it took seeing the pilot of MP2009 to get Locklear to sign on. The magazine is reporting that the star "...was surprised at how much she liked it." Well...yeah! Clearly, fans from the old show have joined new fans, making it one of the hottest new series on TV right now.

Dead Chick Walking
The only possible problem that we see with the return is that Amanda faked her death when the series ended in 1999. So it's going to take some crafty maneuvering by the MP scribes -- and we're not going to lie, we can't wait to see what they come up with! (Fortunately, they've had plenty of practice bringing stars back from the dead -- after all, Sydney rose from the grave, too!) We're bummed to hear that Locklear's real-life love Jack Wagner has no plans to return to the show as Peter, the very character who ran off with "dead" Amanda in the series finale. But we're hoping he will change his mind. Anything can happen -- when Locklear first joined the show back in the day she was credited as a guest star and that credit never changed.

The Powers That Be over at the C-Dub are keeping mum about exactly what Locklear's role will be, but if the first two eppies give us any indication, it's bound to be hot. What (and who?) do you think Amanda will be doing when she returns to MP? Tell us here!